In Nigeria and mainly in Imo State, flood disasters continue to be one of the most devastating environmental threats to arable crops and to the livelihoods of farmers. However, there is still limited empirical data on the factors influencing arable crop farmers’ strategies to mitigate flood disasters in Imo State. Therefore, the study examined the strategies that arable crop farmers use for mitigating flood disasters, identified the factors that influence the implementation of flood mitigation strategies, and identified the barriers that hamper their effective application. A structured questionnaire was used to collect the primary data from three-hundred and twenty (320) farmers cultivating arable crops, selected specifically from the critical flood-prone farming communities of Imo State, Nigeria. The data were analyzed using multinomial logistic regression and descriptive statistics. The results revealed that arable crop farmers practiced various strategies to mitigate flood disasters, including the construction of floodways; dams; land filling; raising beds and ridges; and crop diversification. The multinomial logit result indicated that socio-economic factors significantly influenced farmers’ choice of flood mitigation strategies. Furthermore, arable crop farmers face major barriers in effectively implementing and practicing flood mitigation strategies in the area, which include the high cost of flood disaster strategies (95.00%) and inadequate knowledge of mitigation strategies (84.00%). The study concludes that strengthening farmers’ access to resources, extension services, and cooperative organizations would enhance the use of effective flood mitigation strategies and improve resilience to flood disasters among arable crop farmers in the study area.